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olEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS N. E. A. FEATURE SERVICE % “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” yLUME LX I ASHEBOKO, N. WL OCTOBER 22, 1937 NUMBER 138 nr tanghai Troops In eadlock; Japs And linese Claim Wins reign Observers Not Able To Grasp Details: Con fusion on Front. Pootung Shelled unter-attacks Mark Day’s Activities; Fierce Fire Started on Whangpoo. Shanghai, ©ct. 22. CPI—Chinese cl .Japanese troops locked in jvy battle along the 25 mile anghai front today with both !es claiming gains'. Jn the confusion of attack and inter-attack, it was virtually im ssiblc for foreign observers to tcrminc the exact situation. The Japanese army spokesman nounced at midday that Japan •ces had pushed back the Chinese few hundred yards to occupy rangfu, important Chinese de ise position. The Chinese spokesman declared : Japanese were driven back at * same point. Shells from Chinese batteries in otung, across the Whangpoo cr from Shanghai, fell in the panese section of the internation settlement. Artillery and trench mortors (pbed incessantly, Japanese war ps in the Whangpoo joined in : barrage laid down by the Jap cso field pieces. Chinese incendiary bombs start a heavy fire in the east Pootung :tion. led Norris Head Of Southern Road fty-five Year Old Man Worked Way From Shops To Highest Office. New York, Oct. 22.—OP)—Er st E Norris, senior vice president the Southern Railway system, rterday was el.ected president,, sceeding Fairfax Harrison, who indeJ out 24 years of service a? $T executive officer. Harrison, 66, will continue with > Southern as chairman of. the ance committee and men.her of ! boatd. in an informal talk after his elec-| n, Norris said he was confident * railway transportation indus ' would solve its present prob ns. ‘The railroads,” he said, “face Ficulties not essentially differ t from those facing other indus-1 es, and in my opinion they are t insoluble. It is a case of iking enough income to meet s outgo. We have to rely on fulatory authority on both sides our problem, but I think it is nerally recognized that the na H has to have railroads and that ly should be treated in a man- I ■ to promote efficient service.” Morris, a veteran railroader, re red to Harrison as my “illus us” predecessor, and said, “You i put that in capital letters.” Illinois Native Horn in Hoopeston, 111., 55 years d, Norris began his railroad car ■ with the Chicago & Northwesi. t and came to the Southern in >6 as special agent and car trac He became successively train ster at Norfolk, assistant super endent at Knoxville, superinten lt of the Atlanta division and neral superintendent. In 1917 was appointed assistant to the esident, and in 1933 he was elect vice president in charge of oper ions. Drean Reports Japanese Planning to Form Bloc In Haw aiian Islands. censes Orientals Of Racial Scheme Honolulu, Oct. 22.—<-V>—Kil >o Haan, alien resident of Hawaii rn in Korea, told a congressional mmittee yesterday the Japanese ivemment, through its consulate ire, was engaged in a move to »ite Oriental races against the hite race. The committee is here investigat tg Hawaii’s request for statehood. Haan asserted he was present at veral meetings, attended by Jap lese government officials, where ins were discussed for forming an iental bloc in Hawaii. Questioned by congressmen, aan declined to give further de ils. He said he had turned the in rmation over to “proper of ils.” Water Front Strike lacksonville, Fla., Oct. 22.—(/M— e majorities of 8,000 water front rkers v/ho went on strike a week o returned to labors in five south ports today under a tem wU uce of coastwise steamship , • . . . . Roosevelt Galls New Conference Corn Loan^Dommittee Takes 1 Up Revision of Corporate Ta|£ Await “Honor Spying” Verdiet H&■ face twisted by the agony of the irSeal ahead, Margaret Dren nan, jabove, pretty 20-year-old sec retarial student, enters court at New*Brunswick, N. J., where she was to;face Mrs. Myra Reeves, left, widew'pf the man from whose slay ing shf has been brought to trial. Miss Drennan’s attorney indicated that she would claim to have shot Paul Reeves, 26-year-old mill hand of Iselin, N. J., in defense of her honor. - — C. T. Styres’ Slayer Guilty; Will Die In Virginia Chair Am heist, Va., Oct. 22.—</•*>— Chester McNeill, negro from liladenboro, N. C., faced exe cution today for the slaying of C. T. Styres, 47, a Southern Railway flagman. A circuit court jury gave Me City Action Heard By Supreme Court Appeal of Eugene Morris Ar gued By Attorneys At Raleigh Session. The appeal taken by the defen dants in the action of the City of Asheboro against Eugene Morris Jr., pertaining to a street assess ment was heard by the Supreme Court in Raleigh yesterday. The plaintiff was awarded a judgement in the Randolph county Superior court. Larry T. Hammond appeared for the city and J. G. Prevette for Mr. Morris. The action involves ap proximately $1,000. Other Asheboro attorneys ap pearing in matters before the court yesterday included H. M. Robbins, I. C. Moser, J. A. Spence and Ed Miller. Freight Kates Washington, Oct. 22.—(A1)— Tho Southeastern Passenger association composed of railroad officials, an nounced today it had asked the In terstate Commerce commission to approve an increase in one-way coach fares from 1 1-2 to 2 cents a mile, effective November 1. The new schedules cover carriers operating in the region south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, and east of the Mississippi. Russia’s Stand “Danger” In Spanish War Troop Planning Russia. Oct. 22. i.V)—The Spanish neutrality sub-committee, reas semblying to enact plans for ridd ing warring Spain of foreign troops, was confronted today by the strong possibility that Soviet Rus sia would disagree and throw Eu rope into another diplomatic state ment. Despite this threat the weary diplomats, stationed in London, as representatives of principal Euro pean powers, headed for the day’s Neill the death penalty late yesterday afternoon. Styres, a native of Ashe boro, N. C., was shot to death as he alighted from a freight train ii\ the Monroe. Va., yards last September 15. Insurgents Clean Up Gijon Defense Loyalist Forces Drag Guns Into Captor’s Lines; AH Leaders Fied City. With Insurgents In Northern Spain. Oct. 22. (AV—1The last hope of the government troops in north west Spain vanished today as Gen eral Franco’s victorious armies swept Austuria-Ovido sections from end to end. Even more complete than the collapse of the defenses of San tander, August 25, was the crumbl ing of the morale of the savage slaying of Asturian miners who formed a Republican government army in Asturia. Where, two days ago, they had their backs to the wall and were retreating slowly, blowing up vil lages behind them, they were drag ging machine guns and rifles into the insurgent lines today. The Asturian “blow-up” started when Government leaders tumbled over themselves to board ships in Gijon harbor and escape to France. Kasang Threatened Shanghai, Oct. 22.—tiW—Deter mined to save Kasang at all costs and prevent the Chapei supply line from being cut the Chinese tonight sent heavy reinforcements into that sector of the Shanghai war. discussion more optimistic than any time since the Spanish war broke out 15 months ago. Before the sub-committee met, under chairmanship of Anthony Eden, Britian’s foreign secretary, Great Britain and France acted jointly through their ambassadors to urge Spanish insurgents to be leninent in their treatment of Gov ernment troops captured in the fall of Gijon. The captives have been estimated as numerous as 40,000. Chief Executive Believes Relief L Budget Complete Takes Exception to Dis Of Son's Appointment: T “Front Page” He Saysi' Study Tax System House Committee Indicates Revision of Capital Gains Assessment. V. ; Wash, hg ton, Oct. 22. President Roosevelt arranged a View series of conferences today to ;de termine what the government will do about r. proposed loan on corn. He told his press conference he expected to see Daniel Bell, budget director todaj, and, secretary» the treasury, Morgenthau, and fee-' retary >f agriculture, Wallace, |t6 morrow regarding moves to-in crease farmers’ return from tfeir. corn cron. A loan of 60 cents a bushel lias been asked by the American Farm ers Federation. Touching on many other subjects, he told reporters: 3| l, That ;t had not been decided whether new taxes have to be im posed by Congress. That us far as could be told how. the $1,500,000,000 relief appropria tion for the current year would bi sufficient and that no additional re lief appropriation would be n$fce*» sary. § That his designation of his sosv, and secretary, Janies, as a clearing house for independent government agencies v.as a two-paragr»ph story and not front page. Washington, Oct. 22.—l.'H—1 gressional tax experts said they ard considering revision distributed profits and capital gain taxes, tuigfts. of complaints of bu siness men and persons worried about the recent stock market slump. Critics of the levies have conten ded th :y ..re undermining the con fidence of business men and impe ding immediate improvement and stability. Chairman Vinson (D-Ky.) of the house ways and means tax subcom mittee t.old reporters “we are go ing to give the fullest and most careful consideration to questions of retaining, replacing or revising the capital gains tax.” He has favored making repairs on the tax of undistributed corpor ate profits. Although the sub-committee does not meat until November 4 to consi der general revision of the tax sys tem, Representative Crowder (R N.Y.) already has returned, pri marily to determine what might be done about capital gains and undis tributed profits tax. Asheboro Kiwanis Discuss Session To Send Large Delegation To Charlotte District Annual Parley. The Asheboro Kiawanis club, at its regular meeting yesterday, dis cussed plans for the winter and completed arrangements to send a large delegation to the conven tion in Charlotte next week. The meeting was in the assembly room on the second floor of the building occupied by the Hurley Grocery and the O. K. Piano store in North Asheboro. The dinner was prepared and served by Ru pert Trollinger. Rufus F. Routh, entertained the members at a class of daily events. He prepared a list of questions per taining to the day’s news, assign ing at least one question to indivi dual members. AFL And CIO Name Peace Committee Both Units Represented By Victorious Union Heads; Conference Monday. Washington, Oct. 22.—l.P)—Two labor leaders who recently won ma jor victories for their unions will lead the A. F„ L. and CIO forces into a peace conference here Mon day. George Harrison, president of the Railway clerks, heads the AFL peace conference. Phillip Murray, vice-president of the United Mine Workers is chair man of the CIO peace commission. School Holiday Students Hail Parley; “Just Another Day” _For Teachers-_ White students, generally, hailed the conference of edu cators in Winston-Salem today as another of those unexpected holidays, superintendents, prin cipals, and members of the Randolph school faculty check ed up the day as another to be made up upon their return to their duties Monday. Virtually every teacher in the county and city schools were off early this morning for the session. It was scheduled to open at 10:30 a'clock in the Reynolds high school auditorium in Win ston-Salem. Students accepted the day as a holiday but teachers express ed themselves while pleased with the opportunity of hear ing talks by noted educators, indicated the day’s interrup tion of classes just meant an other reorganization period next week. Allen 1 Maxwell Speaks Here Today State Officer Discusses Adver tising North Carolina To North Carolinians. Hon. Allen J. Maxwell, revenue collector lor the state of North Carolina motored over today from Raleigh to speak before a joint, meeting of two women's clubs of the town. These two clubs, the Randolph Book ciub and the Friday Afternoon club, and a few visitors, heard Mr. Maxwell. The program was provided by the Friday After noon club and the speaker was in troduced l y the chairman of the program committee of that group. Taking is his topic, Advertising North Carolina, Mr. Maxwell’s ad dress centered around the .need for cooperation with the fine (program *f advertising North Carolina to the world by advertising, North Carolina to our own people. “We ahopld .stimulate our interest in Worth Carolina history, literature, people, progress and industry,” said Mr. Maxwell, who pointed out some of the wonderful progress of the state. He mentioned our educa tional system, our marvelous sys-j tern of roads, improved prison con ditions, and how the rural sections have blossomed forth under modern advantages. Mr. Maxwell, who is quite a stu dent of poetry as he is of many oth er forms of literature, is of the opinion that our own John Charles McNeill does not suffer by compar ison with Robert Burns. He also set forth in his address that the oratory of Vance, Ransom, Ay cock or Alderman would not suf fer in comparison with the high standards of any age. The speaker stated that in educational and in dustrial leadership, there is abund ant source of pride and inspira tion. The conclusion of the address in sisted upon appreciation of our own in the future since in the past “in our fear of provincialism we have been neglectful of our own history and our own people.” Mr. Maxwell was accompanied to Asheboro by Mrs. Maxwell who en joyed participation in the social hour which followed the address. Mrs. Paul C. Page’s hospitable home was the scene of this meeting with Mrs. Hal M. Worth associate hostess with Mrs. Page. Roosevelt’s Son Gets New Office Heads Independent Agencies: Will Reduce President's Office Engagements. Washington, Oct. 22.—f.P>— President Roosevelt’s six-foot “lit tle son, Jimmy,” already one of his father’s secretaries, stepped into a job of increased importance at, the White House last night. He became, officially, the man whom the heads of the govern ment’s “independent agencies” must see before they can see the Presi dent. Th idea, it was announced, is to reduc.; the number of Mr. Roose velt's engagements, cut the time devoted to them and keep his desk clear of problems which can be solved by. subordinates. Leave Yesterday For Richmond, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Janies II. Neely and‘two young daughters and Mrs. C. A. Hayworth left yesterday af ternoon by motor for Richmond. They left immediately after a tele gram saying that Jack Hayworth, who is ill in a Richmond hospital, is not so well. Dr. Hayworth, fa ther of the ill boy, has remained at his bedside since he was taken there several weeks ago. Jack Garr Cleared Of Murder, Fate Of Brother With Jury Defense Contends Roy Was Insane When He Killed Sister’s Sweetheart. Youngest Free Today Physicians Testify For De fense; Cite Dead Man As “Violent.” Shelby\ ilie, Ky., Oct. 22.—(.-V)— The murder charge against Jack Garr was dismissed today but the fate of nis brother, Roy, who ad mitted shooting General Henry H. Denhardt, was left to the jury. The action followed a private conference between Circuit Judge Charles C. Marshall and counsel for ! both sides The defense made the motion ai i ter concluding its evidence. | The defense closed today aftev I tyro physicians had told the jury j they believed Roy was temporarily | insane when he shot Denhardt. Added to this testimony was statement? that the <>l-vear-old ex lieutenant governor was of a “vio lent nature.’ Tar Heels Move Up On Southern Road H. A. Debutts and C. W. Ash by Gain Promotion as New Chief Takes Office. Washington, Oct. 22.—(.V)— Three .Southern Railway officials won pr.»rr-ittion today following the elevation of. E. E. Norris, to the presidency of the line. H. A. Debutts, of Charlotte, N. C., was promoted from general manager of the eastern lines to the vice-presidency. G. W. Adams, 54, who has been superintendent at St. Louis, was named to the post Debutts vacat ed. C. W. Ashby, Greensboro was n§med’jo succeed , .... ... E. G. Frye, Asheboro Youth, Joins Navy Elko Gurney Frjc, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gurney L. Frye, of Asheboro, was enlisted in the United States navy at the navy recruiting station located in Greensboro Tuesday, Oc tober 19, according to a recent bul letin released by that station. Frye was sent to Raleigh to take an additional examination before the medical officer there before be ing sent to the naval training sta tion at Hampton Roads, Va. i Divide Girl Scouts Into Two Groups Mrs. \1. H. Birkhead was chosen yesterday afternoon as chairman of the committee composed of moth er’s of Girl Scouts in Asheboro. The committee, which met at the home of Mrs. Kemp Alexander, de cided to divide the local troop, mak ing two troops instead of one. One division will be composed of high j school girls, while the No. 2 troop ' will include all girls not in high I school. __ Rummage Sale The members of the Intermediate P.-T. ,A. who are holding a rum mage sale tomorrow afternoon at the Southern Express depot ask all persons who wish to give any cloth ing or other wearing apparel io leave ,'u:h at the Standard drug store any time between now and 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The proceeds of the sale will go for buying new books for the li brary. Brockenbrough-Sowder ! E. W. Brockenbrough, 29, of Elko, Nevada and Miss Maurine McWayne Sowder, Miami, Fla., were united in marriage in Ashe boro this afternoon by Justice of the Peace, J. T. Lambert. They Mr. and Mrs. Brocken brough left immediately after the ceremony for Miami. No New Taxes Washington, Oct. 22.—(.P>— President Roosevelt, answering a press •jU'T-tion today, said it had not been determined whether Con gress would have to enact new tax es. Hj added however, that as things looked, no such levy would be neceisary. Over 300 Americans Draw Irish Sweepstakes Tickets Dublin, Irish Free State, Oct. 22. —(Jf\—Americans today won more than half of the tickets drawn from the Irish hospital sweepstake's whirring drums of chance. Out .<f 600 tickets drawn up to Towyo Spars for Time; See||^ Del&y of Nine Povvci Si no Conference New Randolph Pastor j lit*---. Lawrence \Y. Lee Rev. I . W. Lee New Ramseur Pastor Will Also Serve Franklinvillt | Baptist Church; Home In Ramseur. Rev. Lawrence W. Lee, graduate of High Point college and Duke u.i- J iversity, ltcently accepted the pas torates el' tht Franklinville ah-l Ramseur Baptist churches. Rev. and Mrs. Lee will make their home in the Ramseur Baptist parson age. . Rev. Mi. Lee, whose home is in Shelby, received his B.A. degree from High Point college and then entered Duke, concentrating his j work around theology and philoso- j phy. Mrs. I.ee also attended High J hf»oint i^flege, atlSinnrtg there jut; A.B. degree, as well as ■& B.S. de- ! gree in music. Rev. Leo will serve in both chur ches each Sunday. Randolph People At State Session Rev. YV. K. McGee. Pastor. And Miss Maxine Garner Will Speak to Baptists. Boone, Oct. 22.—No less than 350 Baptist students, representa- j tive of every college in the State will gather in Boone Saturday for j the annual meeting of the Baptist j Student union of North Carolina which is to be held at the local Baptist church, with its pastor, Rev. J. C. Canipe as host. Preparations for the gathering are being made by the local union, of which Miss Lueiele Hartley is chairman. Prof Herman R. Eggers is chairman of the entertainment committee; and Ralph Winkler heads the transportation group. The convention opens Friday eve ning at 6 o'colek with a banquet, and miss Eudelle Framyduvall will be in charge of hospitality. Wood- j row Hill, president of the conven tion, will preside at all the sessions | which will be held Saturday 9:30 to noon and 2 to 5 in the afternoon, ! with a brief meeting at the evening hour; Sunday morning at the 11 o’clock hour, Rev. Perry Crouch, Raleigh, general secretary, will preach, and the meeting will close Sunday afternoon. At Saturday morning’s session, j Rev. Mr. Canipe will speak. Others who will take part in the convention are: W. Preston Hall of Nashville, Tenn., Miss Grace Holstead of Oklahoma City, Okla., Dr. Walter P. Binns of Roanoke, Va., Miss Laura Bateman of Greensboro, Dr. Carl Townsend of Hayes-Barton Baptist church, Raleigh, Rev. W. K. McGee, pastor of the First Bap tist church Thomasville, Miss Maxine Garner of Liberty, Miss Cleo Mitchell, Greensboro Baptist Student secretary, and Miss Fran- l ces Cuthberson of Monroe. THE WEATHER North'Carolina: Cloudy with oc casional' rains this afternoon, and I tonight. Somewhat colder to-1 night. Saturday, partly cloudy and j colder. lunch ;iine recess, Americans had won 32:) tickets. Thus far Canad ians had won 31. Forty horses were drawn. There were 54 more horses with 15 tickets on each to be drawn this afternoon. ill Indications That Japan Is Probing Italy’s Reaction Also Sounding Out Germany Before Answering Power’s Invitation to Attend. Cabinet Plans Session Imperial Spokesman Contends Nation is “Mystified” At Lateness of Summons. Tokyo. Oct. 22. —a foreign office spokesman indicated today, that Japan will plead for a lack of time in which to make preparations, ; and, ask a postponement of the 9 power conference on the Chinese Japanese situation. The spokesman said that cabinet council is not expected to decide whether Japan will attend the Oct ober .'10 meeting at Brussels until next Tuesday after which imperial sanction must be obtained. “We certainly do not have time i to administer all this business”, he said, also declaring the Japaneso ! government “is mystified by the j lateness of the invitation since it ! is understood other signatories re j reived their’s long before”. I Japan received its invitation to l the conference yesterday. There were indications that 1 Tokyo is attempting to leam the | attitude of Germany and Ialy be I fore making a final decision. Many Still Due Old-Age Money Greensboro Office Manager Say's Many Eligible For Lump Sums. Greensboro, Oct. 22.—Thousands of workers—among them many in 'this area—to whom money appar ently is due now under the old-age insurance provisions of the Social I Security Act have failed to file ! claims for the sums due them, W. : L. O’Brien, Jr., manager of the ! Greensboro field office of the Social | Security board, which serves this ; area, said today. Because payments can be made, to those qualified workers who file claims for the sums due them, the Social Security board has set up administration machinery designed j to make it easy for the worker himself, or for the estate or relative of an eligible worker who has died, to file a claim, Mr. O’Brien said. “It :s poss>ble many persons do not know a lump-sum payment is due tljem under the old-age insur ance provisions of the law. This may be due, in part, to the wide no tice given the fact that the law pro vides payment of monthly old-age benefits will not begin until Jan uary, 1942. Another kind of pay ment which is due now is lump-sum payments. | “Lump-sum payments are no: | due to everyone. They are due, i first, to the worker who has been j paid wages for work done as an employee since December 31, 1936, and before he reached 65, in any employment which is not specifical ly excepted under the old-age ben efit provisions of the act; ana, sec ond, to the estate or relatives of a worker who has died since Decem ber 31, 1936; provided the deceas ed worker had been paid wages for work done as an employee, after December 31, 1936, and before hi reached 65, in employment which is not specifically excepted under the old-age benefit provisions of the Social Security Act. “Established to serve the people of this section, the Greensboro field office will give every assistance to the eligible worker, or the estate or relatives ol a deceased eligible wor ker, who wishes to file a claim for a lump-sum payment, or to any. I one who wishes to find out wheth ! er such a payment may now be thus due them.” Young Trinity Wife Dies This Morning Mrs. Alice Spencer Elder, 20, of Trinity route two, died this morn ing in Gu'lford general hospital in High Point after a few days’ ill ness. Surviving are her husband, Nor* i man Elder; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer; four sisters and one brother; her grandmother, Mrs. 1 Eunice F-irlow, and a host of near - relatives. The funeral will be Sunday after : noon at 2 o’clock at Mt. Vernon i church Widi the pastor, ReV. Mr. . Shore, officiating. M|l
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